Specifically, Perry requested an on opinion on whether Texas must comply with restrictions on federal refugee dollars that are not found in the text of federal law and if Texas is not bound by these restrictions if there is a legal prohibition on performing security verifications when allocating refugee funding.

"Our federal government has a duty to protect its citizens from violent threats," said Perry. "If they are not going to do their job, then it falls on the states to pick up the slack and ensure something like what happened in France never happens on Texas soil.

"For far too long the federal government has increased our nation's debt, engaged in naive or deliberate pandering to our enemies, neglected our borders, allowed the judiciary to undermine moral standards, and weakened our military," continued Perry. "If the federal government won't do its job, can our state do it for them? That is the essence of my inquiry."